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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1889

Page

3

Pittsburg's Future Promotes Exposition Success

In praise of the Exposition, Pittsburg is hailed as a rising industrial center. The piece cites increased trade, new customers, and expanded markets as proof of the event’s positive impact on merchants, manufacturers, and the city’s commercial stature.

Thomas Pittsburg Sition Eer Pittsburg Ind Sheba Solomon Jersaleum Copserrati Develom Pea

Double Tracking the Beaver Valley Line Progress

William Mullins purchasing agent of the Penneylvania Company advertises for proposals to grade and double track the Beaver Valley road section leased for the Ashtabula line. The new line will be double tracked and finished by spring with rails laid.

William Mullins Penneylvania Company Pittsburg Youngstown and Ashtabula

John Leonard Arrested For Disorderly Conduct

John Leonard was arrested yesterday for acting in a very disorderly manner at the scene. Authorities reported the incident escalated before officers intervened and took him into custody.

John Leonard

Charles Weyne Injured in Incident at S.8 Marvin & Co

An 18 year old employee of S.8 Marvin & Co. was seriously injured about the body yesterday in an incident at the works. Details are unclear as the report notes the event occurred during ordinary duties at the factory.

Charles Weyne S.8. Marvin & Co.'s Swift

Markets by Wire: grains and fats move amid fluctuating prices

Wheat futures showed mixed movement with May and December prices uneven while lard and short ribs saw light trading. Butter, cheese, and flour markets remained steady as rice, sugar, and molasses held firm. overall tone dull yet firm across major ports and exchanges.

India St Mian Duluth Pe Somes CO Glc Panete Ronan Ouideen Prudence Exchange Daisy Sigmer New York C. Batey Canada Redith Menta, &i. Cisquscattsns Sansinal Izifec Milwaukee

AWFUL HANDY WITH HIS FISTS 16 YEAR OLD ARRESTED

A 16 year old boy Thomas Keegan was arrested by a Seventeenth ward officer after fighting two German men on Pepponence Tide Naka Street. He weighed 117 pounds and delivered a severe beating before being taken to the station house this morning. Italians at Wilmerding awaiting wages from Brown and Emmery threaten harsh action if Mr. Emmery visits. The workers occupy contractor shanties and refuse to vacate until paid.

Thomas Keegan Seventeenth Ward Naka Street Wilmerding Brown & Emmery Mr. Emmery

Castoria Slogan Recalled Through Generations

A nostalgic ad jingle traces Castoria use from infancy to motherhood, noting the medicine soothed a sick child and accompanied later caretaking as a familiar remedy across generations.

Castoria

Penn Avenue Deal and Rail Expansion Near Hazelwood

The article notes Black & Baird selling Penn Avenue property between Sixth and Tenth streets for about 80000 to a leading city business figure who plans a large mercantile building. It also reports the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad adding two feet to the east side of its track from Hazelwood Station toward Laughlin's Pittsburg Junction to improve freight and passenger service and to spur local development.

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Hazelwood Station Pittsburg Junction Road Laughlin's Baltimore and Ohio Haselwood Pittsburg

Market dull as weather slows stocks and energy leads

The session showed weak overall sentiment with only 260 shares traded. Pleasant Valley Railway and Pittsburg lines were firmer while Central Traction dipped and Electric fell slightly. Natural gas stocks led declines though some gains appeared in major names as total New York turnover reached 974,062 shares.

Pleasant Valley Railway Pittsburg Allegheny Manchester Eallway Freehold Bank People's National Bk BR Vese & Consol Ges Uc, I We PennytvaniaGsa Co Wu By Co Northern Pacific Gad Sah Focis Mall Easton

Supply and Money Market Updates Show Steady Demand

Demand for money remained strong with no change in the Mouory premium and ample liquidity. Rates held near 0.7 percent as outsiders faced no real shortage, and exchange activity was moderate with rising call loans in New York and steady balances across major centers.

New York Steeky

Room Traders Do Enough Business to Sus t In the Market

The oil market opened strong but quiet most of the day with a brief bearish turn after Hastorn selling and a drop in refined, London. Prices ranged from a low around 104 to a high near 161, closing 161 as trading drifted with limited activity and analyst caution until after New Year.

Hastorn London

Market Measures and Prices Listed in Daily Memo

Fragmentary market notes show corrected daily measures and price quotes. Mentions Pittsburg area firms and assorted commodities with figures such as 21 dollars per ounce and various price marks.

Memo Pittsburg

Unclear OCR Summary of Market and Shipments

The fragment references shipments and price figures with several monetary values and dates. It mentions volumes such as 000 barrels and phrases like lowest and highest quotes, but the readable text is fragmented and lacks coherent narrative or identifiable entities.

Real Estate Movements Include Mortgages and City Dwellings

Mortgage activity includes James W. Drape & Co placing 1,200 at 6 percent on a Home stead house lot and two 6 percent mortgages on East End and Mokhowsport properties. Samuel W. Black & Co sells No 4 Oakland Square in Fourteenth Ward for 6,750. Charles Somers & Co sells William M. Greenlee’s frame dwelling on Allegheny avenue to Horace C. Cook. Brnck & Baird sells Emma Hammond a two lot Virginia avenue parcel. Additional 21,000 mortgage on Penn Avenue area property with six rooms and lot frontage of 50 by 100.

James W. Drape & Co Homestead East End Mokhowsport Samuel W. Black & Co Oakland Square Fourteenth Ward City New Schenley Park Charles Somers & Co Wood Street William M. Greenlee Horace C. Cook Bein Bass Avenue Allegheny Brnck & Baird Emma Hammond Virginia Avenue Penn Avenue Sixteenth Ward

Market Gains and Raids Stir December Trading Tone

The stock market shows a brighter tone with advances led by Coal stocks and Trusts amid foreign buying and short-covering. Pacific Mall and Louisville and Nashville rise while Lehigh rumors trigger a brief raid. coal stocks slide later as demand wanes and the trusts reel from smaller losses.

London Sugarly Jersey Central Pacific Mall Louisville Nashville Missouri Pacific Atchison Lehigh

Market notes show limited declines and steady dividends

A mixed month with bulls and bears cautious as prices edged higher fractions, coal stocks weak yet some rail activity improving. Denver Fort Worth Union Pacific control talks proceed, with dividends in view and planned stock exchanges on equal terms for Colorado lines.

Lge Denver Texas Fort Worth Union Pacific Seeiahanand Hew Corporation Utah Northern Oregon Union Pacific Colorado Vorane Fort Worth Steck Uigon Pacific Colorado New York Stock Exchange

Thorn Oil Company declares dividend amid market dullness

The Thorn Oil Company declares a 2 percent dividend payable forthwith on mortgage backed stock, while oil markets show simultaneous dullness and strength. F D Morris & Co sells Adams Coke Oven stock at $10 a share as Pittsburg and Allegheny stockholders set December 9 for their annual meeting. Local building permits and ward permits are issued. Monongahela Insurance Company elects directors including Caldwell Berry Dilworth and others.

Thorn Ofl Company Pennsylvania Railroad Penn F. D. Morris & Co. Wold Sharon of Adams Coke Oven Company Johnstown Pittsburg and Allegheny Company Couny Smithfield Water Streets James W. Deape Alfred Harrison Oakland Financial Chronicle Ra & Roads Pittsburg Locomotive Works Water Grant, Ross First Aes

Live stock markets report from pierspine dispatch

Dec 3 market wrap shows cattle receipts at 800 head with steady cattle prices and hog receipts near 1 988 head with 20 percent shipped. Kansas City total cattle 4 000 head with natives lower, St Louis shipments and market mixed for cattle and sheep with steady fat cattle and lower feeders.

Pierspine Dispatch New York Sun Beat Market Hendy Ps Va Kansas St. Louis Uattle Tate Saeop Lamba

Domestic Markets Report Mixed as Creamery Butter Rises

Markets show creamery butter advancing at Elgin Battery Board session with higher quotes for country butter and fresh eggs selling at higher per dozen, while oats corn and other cereals trend upward and poultry demand softens amid abundance. Lingering notes of low stock quality and price volatility mark thePricing scene across commodities and livestock.

Orrier Toumaat Dessabee Liberty Street Commission Elgin Batter Board Limburger California Malaga

Grocery Prices and Goods Listings Across Markets

A dense listing of assorted foods and commodities with prices across markets. Items include Rio coffee, spices, dried fruits, canned goods, produce, fish, meats, herbs, and baking supplies with varied pricing notes. The fragmented OCR preserves product names, origins, and unit costs as read.

Grain and flour market reports from multiple rail lines

Grain Ex change bulletins show receipts including oats rye hay flour barley and corn by routes Pittsburg Ft Wayne Chicago Cincinnati St Louis Lake Erie Western and others. Prices listed for No 2 red No 7 yellow and other cereals with on track car lots and ongoing upward price trends amid unsettled markets.

Grain Exchange Pittsburg Ft. Wayne Chicago Cincinnati St. Louis Pittburg Lake Erie Pittsburg and Western Western, 1 Es A Sales On Call, Car Mixed On Cores All Cicn ii, Dectmaker Shell Co Etek

Market Prices From Se ee and Co Dressed Beef

Unclear OCR lists beef carcass prices from Se ee and Co. showing ranges from 400 to 550. Fragment mentions dressed meat and vendors but lacks complete names, dates, or locations. The readable figures indicate a beef price spectrum possibly for slaughterhouse or butcher sales.

Ee & Co Hope Oe

Master Workman POWDERLY Ties Amalgamation Efforts

General Master Workman Powderly arrived in Philadelphia from Scranton and left for St Louis with Ralph Beaumont and A W Wright to arrange Knights of Labor Career Alliance unity. The Farmers' Alliance vice president Gray denied anarchist rumors stirring membership rolls as unfounded.

Philadelphia Powderly Scranton St. Louie Ralph Beaumont New York A. W. Wright Journal of the Haights of Labor Ene Ees the Knights of Labor Career Alliance St. Louis Gray Farmers’ Alliance Weney of Anarchists The Knights

New Panhandle Train Arrives Now Serves Washington Route

A new Panhandle train from this city to Washington Pa. arrived yesterday and will start service next Wednesday. The train, composed of a combination car two day coaches and a chair car, features new interiors and will depart Union station at 5 45 city time to cover 40 miles in 56 minutes.

Panhandle Washington, Pa Union Station

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